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River
/ˈɹɪvə/
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
📖 Definitions of "River"
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A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
"Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods."
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Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
"a river of blood"
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The last card dealt in a hand.
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A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.
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To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
"Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades."
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